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Morning journal (Columbus, Ohio), 1869-02-06

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THE MORNING JOURNAL. vouxxxn. COLUMBUS, OHIO: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY (i, 1869. NO. 59. DRY GOODS. Great attraction Great attraction Great Attraction Great Attraction Great Attraction IN AX A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, Without regard to COST Ou and after MONDAY. JAN. llfh, 186!). in order to reduce our stock and make room for NEW SPRING GOODS, we oiler our entire atock at prices that cannot fail to suit purchasers. Call and see. A.C. HEADLEY &.CO. 25 and 353 goutH Hiffli Street. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL FOREIGN NEWS. By Atlantic Cable. SPAI.. Madrid, Feb. 5. Espartero has refused to accept the seat in the Cortes, to which he was recently elected. ENGLAND. London, Feb. 5. There was a large meeting here last night in favor of granting amnesty to the Fenlau prisoners. The preparations for the meeting of Parliament are nearly completed. Lord Clarendon's health is not much improved, and it is expected that he will soon be obliged to retire from the Foreign Office. The Powers participating in the Paris Conference have granted a brief space of time for Greece to decide on their proposals. King George has returned to Athens, and is engaged in forming a new Cabinet. He finds great difficulty in completing a Ministry, owing to the hostility of the Greeks to the Conference, but it is announced that ' Z ilmis lias consented to act as Premier. and Delijaumis as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that the other seats in the Cabinet have also been filled with Ministers who will consent to sign the protocol. Great excitement prevails in Athens. M. Bulguris, the retiring Prime Minister, is Immensely popu- ular, and extensive demonstrations of sympathy are made in his favor by the citizens. FRANCE. Pabis, Feb. 5. Marquis Moustier, late Minister of Foreign Affairs, died to-day. Dispatches from Algiers announce that the Insurgents were met by the troops, and after a brief engagemcut, were routed and dispersed. SPAIN. Madrid, Feb. 5. The erection of a synagogue in this city has been licensed by the authorities. CUBA. By the Cuban Cable Havana, Feb. 23. The Diario has an article, to-day, attempt ing to prove that the revolutionary General Arango was assassinated by the order of General Quesada. Later advices from St. Domingo state that the town of Seybo has pronounced against Baez, and is in open revolution. A vessel from St. Thomas reports that the project for annexation to the United States Is watched with a great deal of interest. The vomito still prevailed in Caracas, and the Italian Charge d' Affaires had died of it. THE WEST. Fire. St. Loois, Feb. 5. A tire at Cheyenne on Wednesday, destroyed the store of A. Pifer, and the warehouse of Cornarth Bros. Loss $20,000. Nebraska Legislature. The Nebraska Legislature has passed a joint resolution asking Congress to remove the Pawnee Indians from their present reservation. Released. Perry Randolph, of White Pigeon, Michigan, who was arrested at Kansas City last December, for counterfeiting, was released yesterday. Experimental. Captain Goodfcllow, of the coast survey, who has been making astronomical observations at Omaha for some time past, last night commenced experiments in telegraphic connection with Cambridge University, and a party of observers at Salt Lake. WASHINGTON SPECIALS. Dr. OTudd's Pardou. New York, Feb. 5. A Washington dispatch states that the President yesterday.dirccted a pardon to be issued for Dr.Mudd.the assassination conspirator, now confined in the Dry Tortugas. El-forts are being made also, to secure the pardon of Arnold and Spanglerthe only remaining prisoners now confined there, on this charge. There is reason to believe that they will be successful and that before the close of Mr. Johnson's term, every living participant, in that terrible crime will be released. GEORGIA. Legislative, Atlanta, Feb. 4. In the House, a resolution to submit the illegality of colored members to the court, was adopted; but a motion Instructing the Judiciary committee to report a bill bringing the matter immediately before the court, was voted down. Another motion pledging the House to abide by the decision of the court was Ignored. MARYLAND. Death from au Overdose of Chloroform. Baltimore, Feb. 4. Charls M. Dupuy, for many years a Pro- lessor oi s rencn, in tins city, died suddenly to-day from an overdose of chloroform, ad ministered by himself. Ho was at one time the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd n n nw " rciiows oi juaryianci. MSSACHUSETTS. Boston, Feb. 5. The steamship llecla, from Liverpool, has arrived. CONGRESSIONAL. XLth COXGBESS Third Session. , SEX ATE. Washington, Feb. 5. Several petitions were presented. A resolution was passed to hold evening sessions until the constitutional amendment is disposed of. Mr. POMEROY, from the committee on Public Lands, reported adversely to the bill providing for sales of lands to aid in the construction of the West Virginia Central Railroad.The bill to give effect to certain treaty stip-ulatlons with foreign countries was passed. It authorizes the President to employ a military force, when necessary, to guard alleged criminals delivered up by foreign governments under the extradition treaties. The resolution to authorize the payment of Senators from the reconstructed States from the beginning of the next session was taken up. Mr. MORTON made a brief argument in favor of the resolution and cited several precedents.Mr. TRUMBULL had thought this proposition dead. The Senate had already distinctly declared that the Senators in question should be paid only from the time their States were declared. entitled to representation in Congress. i While Mr. XREMBULL was speaking the morning hour expired, which brought up the unfinished business, viz.: the Constitutional Amendment. ( The amendment offered yesterday by Mri Williams, was read and he addressed the Solute in its advocacy. Mr. SUMNER next addressed the Senate. Mr. SUMNER offered a substitute for the joint resolution providing for au amendment to the Constitution. It provides that the right to vote and to be voted for and hold office, shall not be denied or abridged anywhere in the United States un der uny pretense of race or color, and all provisions in any State constitutions, and all laws, State, territorial or municipal, inconsistent herewith, are hereby declared null and void. Second, That any person who, under any pretense of race or color, wilfully hinders or attempts to hinder any citizens of the United States from being registered, or from voting, or from being voted for, or from holding office, or who attempts by menace to deter any such citizens from the exercise or enjoyment of the right of citizenship above mentioned, shall be punished by a fine not less than $100, nor more than $3,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days, nor more than one year. Third, That every person legally engaged in preparing a register of voters, or in holding or conducting an election, who wilfully rauses to register tne name, or to preserve, count, return, or otherwise give the proper legal effect to the vote of any citizen, under any pretense of race or color, shall be punished by a tine of not less tnan f.iw, noi more than $4,000, or imprisonment in the common jail not less than three calendar mouths, nor more than two years. Fourth, That the District Courts of the United States shall have exclusive iurisdic tion of all offences against this act, and the District Attorneys, Marshals and Deputy Marshals, and Commissioners appointed by the Circuit and Territorial Courts of the L nited States, with power of arresting, im prisoning or bailing offenders, and every other officer especially empowered by the President or tne united Mates, shall be and thev are hereby required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against any person who violates this act, and cause him to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court as by this act has cognizance of the offence, Fifth, That every "citizen unlawfully de prlved of any of the rights of citizenship, se cured by this act, under any pa-tense of race or color, may maintain a suit against any person so depriving him and recover damage in tne District ttourt of the United States for the district in which such person may be lounci. Mr. VICKERS spoke against the amend ment. Adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. BOUTWELL, from the Judiciary committee, reported a bill for the relief of Admiral i arragut, and the officers and men of his tieet that passed Forts Phillips and Jackson, under fire. The bill provides that they shall be entitled, .to the benefit of the prize law, in the same manner as thev would have been ir tne District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana had bee then open and the process filed therein. . .t gives cog nizance of the case to any United States Court having admiralty jurisdiction, and directs the payments of the awards out of the treasury. Mr. BL1LEK supported the bill, which passed without a division. Mr. WOODBRIDGE otleiod a resolution calling on the Secretary War for the memo rial addressed to him by Brigadier-General II. A. Roberts on the subject of drainage of the surplus of the waters of the great lakes to the Upper Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers. Adopted. Mr. BROOKS presented a resolution of privilege, a resolution for the discharge of I'lorence sconnei, tne reensant witness brought from New lork, from the custody ot tue sergcant-ai-arms, winch, alter conslde rablu discussion, was laid on the table. The House then went Into committee of tin Whole on the Army appropriation bill, and Mr. llUuriiK made u speech on Flnnnce PENNSYLVANIA. IlARRisnuuo. Feb. 5, Weather clear and thawing. Thcrmome tor 20 deg. River, six feet five Inches and falling. lire. The Hiawatha House, W.MeMulllu owner at McKecsport, uear this city, was burned this morning. Loss $25,000. Nolnsurauce. Railroad Accident. Scuanton Pa., Feb. 5. The passenger train on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg R. R., ran off the track at Beach Haven this morning. Many persons were injured, but not fatally. Hon. Qalusha M. Grow, was severly burned. NEW YORK. General Grant. New York, Feb. 5. At a meeting of the Union Republican General Committee, last night, a committee was appointed to wait on General Grant to learn when and where he would receive the members of the above organization. A committee was also appointed to get the same information from Senator Fenton. Supposed Plot to Liberate Boyle, the Michigan murderer. On Tuesday night when Boyle, the Michigan murderer, was held for safe keeping in a room in Superintendent Kennedy's office, a large party of roughs congregated in the neighborhood for the purpose, it was ascertained, of overpowering the policemen oti duty there, taking the keys, and releasing the murderer. A detective discovered their Intentions and obtained strong reinforcements, whereupon the crowd dispersed. Sentence of Robbers. All our newspapers highly commend the heavy sentence passed upon the robbere and would-be murderers yesterday. Arrived. The steamship Russia, from Liverpool, has arrived. The steamship Cambria, from Liverpool, has also arrived. Libel Knit. An action for libel by E. L. Sanderson, against the proprietor of the New York Mer cury, was commenced m the King's County Supreme Court, before Judge Gilbert, vester- day morning. The article, which was the cause of the suit, insinuated that the plaintiff had made money by the collection of soldiers' claims as an exhorbltant pension agent; and also contained the insinuation that he was in the habit of becoming intoxicated. The case being given to the jury, they retired aoout o o ciocK r. m., and in about one hour returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing the damages at $.1,000. Ccn. Grant-Iistccllaiicoiis Items. General Grant visited Appleton's book es tablishment this morning, and attended reception at the house of Mr. McKean, 2d ave nue, this afternoon, and dined with Hamilton Fish, this evening. He is expected to leave to-morrow for Washington. The bark America, supposed :o have on board some of the passengers rescued from the steamship Hibernla, is at anchor outside the bar. In the examination of the parties charged with conspiring to defraud the Union Pacific Railroad out of $120,000, the evidence of one of them, Frederick A. Goodull, who has turned state s evidence. Is given. The steamer Rising Star from Asninwall brings $714,000 in treasure. Two ships had arrived at ' Valparaiso in eight days from Glasgow within a quarter of eaca otner. l hey sailed together, but only sighted each other during the voyage. ' Jiiignt lives were lost by the wreck of the Italian hark Oberan, on the coast of Chili. lhe .Peruvian expedition, under charge of ex-Admiral Tucker, formerly of the Confederate navy, has demonstrated that the Ucar- gila river is the true source of the Amazon, and not the Maconan, as formerly supposed. A lire at vaipanso, Dec. 6lst, occasioned great loss of property to the amount of sev- ral hundred thousand dollars. A number of persons perished in the flames. The Bolivian Government has given out the contract to Robert B. Brown for the construction of a railway from Cabavl to Po- tcse, which Is estimated to cost from twenty- five to thirty million dollars. A serious row occurred at Asninwall. January 22d, between some United States sailors, from the steamer Tallapoosa, and some 200 Jamaica negroes. One of the sailors was killed. Legislative. Aliiany, Feb. 5. lu the Assembly to-day a bill was intro duced for the appointment of Commissioners to have charge of the proposed change of the eastern boundary of New York city, above 40th street, by cutting a new river om that new point through Long Island to the Sound. No action was taken. A bill was also Introduced looking to the reduction of way freights on the New York Central, Hudson, llarlem and hrc roads. ILLINOIS. Various Items. CniCAGo, Feb. 5. To day Governor Palmer vetoed Fuller's bill to regulate fares on the railroads in Illinois. It Is likely to be sustained. The joint Canvassing committee reported that at the last election in this State, a ma jority of 72(1 votes, in favor of u Constitu tional Convention, were cast. Jonathau Burr, a wealthy citizen aud ex- banker, of Chicago, died lust evening, aged 7.i years. Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony, Lucy Stone, Olynipia Brown, aud Miss Chapiu, are to address the Woman's Suffrage Convention, to bo held in Library Hall, on the 11th and 12th hiHtants, and Miss Dickinson the Sorosls Convention, that meets the same time. CANADA. The St. Patrick's Hall t'utnwtrophc. Montreal, Feb. .". Further Investigations show that no lives were lost by the St. Patrick s Hall catastro phe. About thirty persous are injured aud many seriously. Tho roof was of massive Iron, surmounted by the statue of St, Patrick The calamity Is attributed to the hasty manlier In which the hall was erected. Know Storm. A violent snow storm prevailed here for two days. All the roads are blocked up. No malls have been received for eighteen hours. In the neighborhood of Ottawa and (Quebec the storm has been very severe. MAINE. The I merest Question. Augusta, Feb. 4, The Houso of Representatives, after an animated discussion to day, refused, by a ma- Jorlty of four, to puss an act allowing parties to fix auy rate of Interest they might agree upon, as a legal rate. TENNESSEE. Personal Eueoanter between Coatotroi. ler Blackburn and aud Kepreseuiativa Brown. Nashville, Feb. 5. A personal encounter took place this morning at the Capitol between Comptroller Blackburn and Representative Brown, who Introduced a resolution the day before in the House reflecting upon the Comptroller for misappropriation of the agricultural college funds. The charge was without foundation. Brown was soundly thrashed. Another of the Same Sort. Another personal difficulty occurred between Mr. Mulley, reporter of the Press and Times, and Mr. Coyle, of the House of Representatives. Coyle was the assailant, but came off second best. KENTUCKY. Pardoned. Locijville, Feb. 5. The President has pardoned Carlo Latriga and Francis Martinettl, who were sentenced . in 1866, to serve 15 years in the penitentiary at Frankfort, for counterfeiting United States currency. Church Matters, A movement is on foot to further complicate the existing difficulties among the Presbyterians of Kentucky. It is an effort on the part of certain of the Laity, connected with the declaration testimony before the Synod, who are Indisposed to see that body connected with the Southern General Assembly. WASHINGTON. dominations. Washington, Feb. 5. The President to-day nominated to the Senate Henry S. Watts, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of Legation at Vienna, vice Hay, resigned. There seemed an indisposition in the Committee of Ways and Means to prolong the time of whisky in bond, after April, as requested by the whisky ring throughout the country. There also seems to be a change of mind in the matter of converting registered bonds Into coupon bonds. Condensed Specials and other News From Last Night's Dispatches and Evening Papers. A man named Burr Triplett, at Owens-boro, Ky., immediately after taking a drink, on Monday morning, fell dead. During the night before the execution, Davis, the murderer, penned a number of notes thanking his spiritual adviser, the Sheriff and others. August Brocker, employed at a rolling mill in Pittsburg, on Wednesday afternoon went to the sheet sheers to oil the pinion, and while thus engaged his "hand leathers" became entangled in the gearing, and he was drawn between a pair of cog wheels and crushed to death. As Samuel Lyle, a farmer living four miles from Hillsboro, Ohio, was riding along a road near his place last Friday, a spent shot from the gun of a hunter struck him in one eye, injuring it so severely that it Is feared the sight will be destroyed. The accident is the more unlortunate, as his other eye was blind previous to the accident. A farmer named John Wolf, residing in Summit county, committed suicide on Thursday evening of last week, by drowning him self in a reservoir. About dark he placed his pocket-book, containing a considerable um of money, upou the seat of the porch in iront or his house, together with a note say- ng, "jonn woir lies in the reservoir." His absence being noticed, search was immedi ately made, and his body was found in the feeder of the reservoir, about a mile distant from his house. When discovered his body was in nearly an upright position, with the upper portion of the head still above the sur face, though life was extinct. An extensive fire occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, in the town of McKees-port, 12 miles above Pittsburg, Pa., on the Monongahela, resulting In the total destruction of the Hiawatha House, owned by Wm. McMullen, and the dry goods and trimmings establishment of Mrs. Tassev. The hotel was the largest in the town. The greater part of the furniture was removed, but in a damaged condition. A portion of the build ing was occupied by Dr. Hill as a drug store, and F. H. Coursing & Co. as a banking house. They succeeded in saving nearly all the movable articles. The money aud papers of the bank are in the safe, and are supposed to De an rignt. .loss on hotel building about $25,000, with no insurance. Mrs. Tassey's store and contents were entirely cousumed. The loss is estimated at $3,000. We couat not learn whether she had any Insurance, as she was itbscnt from home. Twenty-eight thousand two hundred and forty-nine barrels of beer and ale were manufactured In Indianapolis cltv. last vear. Thirty-four thousand two hundred and ten gallons ot whisky were manufactured In this Keveuuc District last mouth. A severe snow storm visited Manllcld and vicinity, Wednesday uiglit and Thursday morning. The weather Is now quite cold. Pleasant and Agreeable. It has long been a desire to have a tonic for invalids which is both pleasant and agreeable to the taste, which we have lu tho "Standard Wlue Bitters" of Mr. Alfred Speer. 1 heir effect upou the system is mildly stimulating, diuretic, sudorific aud tonic; beneficial In affections of the Kidneys, Chronic diseases, with general debility of the consti tution. Sold by druggists. pittsbueToTlYabket. Prrrsiiuiia, Feb. o. The oil market is excited, and prices aro advancing. Crude, ou tlie spot, 18c; refined, Philadelphia delivery lor February, 87c. The New York market Is quiet but firm; crude, 22c ; refined, !)7).,'c. Tho Philadelphia market is firm, and prices are higher; refined, i!7c; crude 22jc. The Oil City market is excited and higher. On the creek $6 80 per bbl bid and refused, and is now held firmly at $7 00. Antwerp Is quoted this afternoon at 5j francs.

THE MORNING JOURNAL. vouxxxn. COLUMBUS, OHIO: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY (i, 1869. NO. 59. DRY GOODS. Great attraction Great attraction Great Attraction Great Attraction Great Attraction IN AX A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, A. C. HEADLEY & CO.'S, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, FOR FORTY DAYS, Without regard to COST Ou and after MONDAY. JAN. llfh, 186!). in order to reduce our stock and make room for NEW SPRING GOODS, we oiler our entire atock at prices that cannot fail to suit purchasers. Call and see. A.C. HEADLEY &.CO. 25 and 353 goutH Hiffli Street. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL FOREIGN NEWS. By Atlantic Cable. SPAI.. Madrid, Feb. 5. Espartero has refused to accept the seat in the Cortes, to which he was recently elected. ENGLAND. London, Feb. 5. There was a large meeting here last night in favor of granting amnesty to the Fenlau prisoners. The preparations for the meeting of Parliament are nearly completed. Lord Clarendon's health is not much improved, and it is expected that he will soon be obliged to retire from the Foreign Office. The Powers participating in the Paris Conference have granted a brief space of time for Greece to decide on their proposals. King George has returned to Athens, and is engaged in forming a new Cabinet. He finds great difficulty in completing a Ministry, owing to the hostility of the Greeks to the Conference, but it is announced that ' Z ilmis lias consented to act as Premier. and Delijaumis as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that the other seats in the Cabinet have also been filled with Ministers who will consent to sign the protocol. Great excitement prevails in Athens. M. Bulguris, the retiring Prime Minister, is Immensely popu- ular, and extensive demonstrations of sympathy are made in his favor by the citizens. FRANCE. Pabis, Feb. 5. Marquis Moustier, late Minister of Foreign Affairs, died to-day. Dispatches from Algiers announce that the Insurgents were met by the troops, and after a brief engagemcut, were routed and dispersed. SPAIN. Madrid, Feb. 5. The erection of a synagogue in this city has been licensed by the authorities. CUBA. By the Cuban Cable Havana, Feb. 23. The Diario has an article, to-day, attempt ing to prove that the revolutionary General Arango was assassinated by the order of General Quesada. Later advices from St. Domingo state that the town of Seybo has pronounced against Baez, and is in open revolution. A vessel from St. Thomas reports that the project for annexation to the United States Is watched with a great deal of interest. The vomito still prevailed in Caracas, and the Italian Charge d' Affaires had died of it. THE WEST. Fire. St. Loois, Feb. 5. A tire at Cheyenne on Wednesday, destroyed the store of A. Pifer, and the warehouse of Cornarth Bros. Loss $20,000. Nebraska Legislature. The Nebraska Legislature has passed a joint resolution asking Congress to remove the Pawnee Indians from their present reservation. Released. Perry Randolph, of White Pigeon, Michigan, who was arrested at Kansas City last December, for counterfeiting, was released yesterday. Experimental. Captain Goodfcllow, of the coast survey, who has been making astronomical observations at Omaha for some time past, last night commenced experiments in telegraphic connection with Cambridge University, and a party of observers at Salt Lake. WASHINGTON SPECIALS. Dr. OTudd's Pardou. New York, Feb. 5. A Washington dispatch states that the President yesterday.dirccted a pardon to be issued for Dr.Mudd.the assassination conspirator, now confined in the Dry Tortugas. El-forts are being made also, to secure the pardon of Arnold and Spanglerthe only remaining prisoners now confined there, on this charge. There is reason to believe that they will be successful and that before the close of Mr. Johnson's term, every living participant, in that terrible crime will be released. GEORGIA. Legislative, Atlanta, Feb. 4. In the House, a resolution to submit the illegality of colored members to the court, was adopted; but a motion Instructing the Judiciary committee to report a bill bringing the matter immediately before the court, was voted down. Another motion pledging the House to abide by the decision of the court was Ignored. MARYLAND. Death from au Overdose of Chloroform. Baltimore, Feb. 4. Charls M. Dupuy, for many years a Pro- lessor oi s rencn, in tins city, died suddenly to-day from an overdose of chloroform, ad ministered by himself. Ho was at one time the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Odd n n nw " rciiows oi juaryianci. MSSACHUSETTS. Boston, Feb. 5. The steamship llecla, from Liverpool, has arrived. CONGRESSIONAL. XLth COXGBESS Third Session. , SEX ATE. Washington, Feb. 5. Several petitions were presented. A resolution was passed to hold evening sessions until the constitutional amendment is disposed of. Mr. POMEROY, from the committee on Public Lands, reported adversely to the bill providing for sales of lands to aid in the construction of the West Virginia Central Railroad.The bill to give effect to certain treaty stip-ulatlons with foreign countries was passed. It authorizes the President to employ a military force, when necessary, to guard alleged criminals delivered up by foreign governments under the extradition treaties. The resolution to authorize the payment of Senators from the reconstructed States from the beginning of the next session was taken up. Mr. MORTON made a brief argument in favor of the resolution and cited several precedents.Mr. TRUMBULL had thought this proposition dead. The Senate had already distinctly declared that the Senators in question should be paid only from the time their States were declared. entitled to representation in Congress. i While Mr. XREMBULL was speaking the morning hour expired, which brought up the unfinished business, viz.: the Constitutional Amendment. ( The amendment offered yesterday by Mri Williams, was read and he addressed the Solute in its advocacy. Mr. SUMNER next addressed the Senate. Mr. SUMNER offered a substitute for the joint resolution providing for au amendment to the Constitution. It provides that the right to vote and to be voted for and hold office, shall not be denied or abridged anywhere in the United States un der uny pretense of race or color, and all provisions in any State constitutions, and all laws, State, territorial or municipal, inconsistent herewith, are hereby declared null and void. Second, That any person who, under any pretense of race or color, wilfully hinders or attempts to hinder any citizens of the United States from being registered, or from voting, or from being voted for, or from holding office, or who attempts by menace to deter any such citizens from the exercise or enjoyment of the right of citizenship above mentioned, shall be punished by a fine not less than $100, nor more than $3,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days, nor more than one year. Third, That every person legally engaged in preparing a register of voters, or in holding or conducting an election, who wilfully rauses to register tne name, or to preserve, count, return, or otherwise give the proper legal effect to the vote of any citizen, under any pretense of race or color, shall be punished by a tine of not less tnan f.iw, noi more than $4,000, or imprisonment in the common jail not less than three calendar mouths, nor more than two years. Fourth, That the District Courts of the United States shall have exclusive iurisdic tion of all offences against this act, and the District Attorneys, Marshals and Deputy Marshals, and Commissioners appointed by the Circuit and Territorial Courts of the L nited States, with power of arresting, im prisoning or bailing offenders, and every other officer especially empowered by the President or tne united Mates, shall be and thev are hereby required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against any person who violates this act, and cause him to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court as by this act has cognizance of the offence, Fifth, That every "citizen unlawfully de prlved of any of the rights of citizenship, se cured by this act, under any pa-tense of race or color, may maintain a suit against any person so depriving him and recover damage in tne District ttourt of the United States for the district in which such person may be lounci. Mr. VICKERS spoke against the amend ment. Adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. BOUTWELL, from the Judiciary committee, reported a bill for the relief of Admiral i arragut, and the officers and men of his tieet that passed Forts Phillips and Jackson, under fire. The bill provides that they shall be entitled, .to the benefit of the prize law, in the same manner as thev would have been ir tne District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana had bee then open and the process filed therein. . .t gives cog nizance of the case to any United States Court having admiralty jurisdiction, and directs the payments of the awards out of the treasury. Mr. BL1LEK supported the bill, which passed without a division. Mr. WOODBRIDGE otleiod a resolution calling on the Secretary War for the memo rial addressed to him by Brigadier-General II. A. Roberts on the subject of drainage of the surplus of the waters of the great lakes to the Upper Mississippi, Ohio and Illinois rivers. Adopted. Mr. BROOKS presented a resolution of privilege, a resolution for the discharge of I'lorence sconnei, tne reensant witness brought from New lork, from the custody ot tue sergcant-ai-arms, winch, alter conslde rablu discussion, was laid on the table. The House then went Into committee of tin Whole on the Army appropriation bill, and Mr. llUuriiK made u speech on Flnnnce PENNSYLVANIA. IlARRisnuuo. Feb. 5, Weather clear and thawing. Thcrmome tor 20 deg. River, six feet five Inches and falling. lire. The Hiawatha House, W.MeMulllu owner at McKecsport, uear this city, was burned this morning. Loss $25,000. Nolnsurauce. Railroad Accident. Scuanton Pa., Feb. 5. The passenger train on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg R. R., ran off the track at Beach Haven this morning. Many persons were injured, but not fatally. Hon. Qalusha M. Grow, was severly burned. NEW YORK. General Grant. New York, Feb. 5. At a meeting of the Union Republican General Committee, last night, a committee was appointed to wait on General Grant to learn when and where he would receive the members of the above organization. A committee was also appointed to get the same information from Senator Fenton. Supposed Plot to Liberate Boyle, the Michigan murderer. On Tuesday night when Boyle, the Michigan murderer, was held for safe keeping in a room in Superintendent Kennedy's office, a large party of roughs congregated in the neighborhood for the purpose, it was ascertained, of overpowering the policemen oti duty there, taking the keys, and releasing the murderer. A detective discovered their Intentions and obtained strong reinforcements, whereupon the crowd dispersed. Sentence of Robbers. All our newspapers highly commend the heavy sentence passed upon the robbere and would-be murderers yesterday. Arrived. The steamship Russia, from Liverpool, has arrived. The steamship Cambria, from Liverpool, has also arrived. Libel Knit. An action for libel by E. L. Sanderson, against the proprietor of the New York Mer cury, was commenced m the King's County Supreme Court, before Judge Gilbert, vester- day morning. The article, which was the cause of the suit, insinuated that the plaintiff had made money by the collection of soldiers' claims as an exhorbltant pension agent; and also contained the insinuation that he was in the habit of becoming intoxicated. The case being given to the jury, they retired aoout o o ciocK r. m., and in about one hour returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, assessing the damages at $.1,000. Ccn. Grant-Iistccllaiicoiis Items. General Grant visited Appleton's book es tablishment this morning, and attended reception at the house of Mr. McKean, 2d ave nue, this afternoon, and dined with Hamilton Fish, this evening. He is expected to leave to-morrow for Washington. The bark America, supposed :o have on board some of the passengers rescued from the steamship Hibernla, is at anchor outside the bar. In the examination of the parties charged with conspiring to defraud the Union Pacific Railroad out of $120,000, the evidence of one of them, Frederick A. Goodull, who has turned state s evidence. Is given. The steamer Rising Star from Asninwall brings $714,000 in treasure. Two ships had arrived at ' Valparaiso in eight days from Glasgow within a quarter of eaca otner. l hey sailed together, but only sighted each other during the voyage. ' Jiiignt lives were lost by the wreck of the Italian hark Oberan, on the coast of Chili. lhe .Peruvian expedition, under charge of ex-Admiral Tucker, formerly of the Confederate navy, has demonstrated that the Ucar- gila river is the true source of the Amazon, and not the Maconan, as formerly supposed. A lire at vaipanso, Dec. 6lst, occasioned great loss of property to the amount of sev- ral hundred thousand dollars. A number of persons perished in the flames. The Bolivian Government has given out the contract to Robert B. Brown for the construction of a railway from Cabavl to Po- tcse, which Is estimated to cost from twenty- five to thirty million dollars. A serious row occurred at Asninwall. January 22d, between some United States sailors, from the steamer Tallapoosa, and some 200 Jamaica negroes. One of the sailors was killed. Legislative. Aliiany, Feb. 5. lu the Assembly to-day a bill was intro duced for the appointment of Commissioners to have charge of the proposed change of the eastern boundary of New York city, above 40th street, by cutting a new river om that new point through Long Island to the Sound. No action was taken. A bill was also Introduced looking to the reduction of way freights on the New York Central, Hudson, llarlem and hrc roads. ILLINOIS. Various Items. CniCAGo, Feb. 5. To day Governor Palmer vetoed Fuller's bill to regulate fares on the railroads in Illinois. It Is likely to be sustained. The joint Canvassing committee reported that at the last election in this State, a ma jority of 72(1 votes, in favor of u Constitu tional Convention, were cast. Jonathau Burr, a wealthy citizen aud ex- banker, of Chicago, died lust evening, aged 7.i years. Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony, Lucy Stone, Olynipia Brown, aud Miss Chapiu, are to address the Woman's Suffrage Convention, to bo held in Library Hall, on the 11th and 12th hiHtants, and Miss Dickinson the Sorosls Convention, that meets the same time. CANADA. The St. Patrick's Hall t'utnwtrophc. Montreal, Feb. .". Further Investigations show that no lives were lost by the St. Patrick s Hall catastro phe. About thirty persous are injured aud many seriously. Tho roof was of massive Iron, surmounted by the statue of St, Patrick The calamity Is attributed to the hasty manlier In which the hall was erected. Know Storm. A violent snow storm prevailed here for two days. All the roads are blocked up. No malls have been received for eighteen hours. In the neighborhood of Ottawa and (Quebec the storm has been very severe. MAINE. The I merest Question. Augusta, Feb. 4, The Houso of Representatives, after an animated discussion to day, refused, by a ma- Jorlty of four, to puss an act allowing parties to fix auy rate of Interest they might agree upon, as a legal rate. TENNESSEE. Personal Eueoanter between Coatotroi. ler Blackburn and aud Kepreseuiativa Brown. Nashville, Feb. 5. A personal encounter took place this morning at the Capitol between Comptroller Blackburn and Representative Brown, who Introduced a resolution the day before in the House reflecting upon the Comptroller for misappropriation of the agricultural college funds. The charge was without foundation. Brown was soundly thrashed. Another of the Same Sort. Another personal difficulty occurred between Mr. Mulley, reporter of the Press and Times, and Mr. Coyle, of the House of Representatives. Coyle was the assailant, but came off second best. KENTUCKY. Pardoned. Locijville, Feb. 5. The President has pardoned Carlo Latriga and Francis Martinettl, who were sentenced . in 1866, to serve 15 years in the penitentiary at Frankfort, for counterfeiting United States currency. Church Matters, A movement is on foot to further complicate the existing difficulties among the Presbyterians of Kentucky. It is an effort on the part of certain of the Laity, connected with the declaration testimony before the Synod, who are Indisposed to see that body connected with the Southern General Assembly. WASHINGTON. dominations. Washington, Feb. 5. The President to-day nominated to the Senate Henry S. Watts, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of Legation at Vienna, vice Hay, resigned. There seemed an indisposition in the Committee of Ways and Means to prolong the time of whisky in bond, after April, as requested by the whisky ring throughout the country. There also seems to be a change of mind in the matter of converting registered bonds Into coupon bonds. Condensed Specials and other News From Last Night's Dispatches and Evening Papers. A man named Burr Triplett, at Owens-boro, Ky., immediately after taking a drink, on Monday morning, fell dead. During the night before the execution, Davis, the murderer, penned a number of notes thanking his spiritual adviser, the Sheriff and others. August Brocker, employed at a rolling mill in Pittsburg, on Wednesday afternoon went to the sheet sheers to oil the pinion, and while thus engaged his "hand leathers" became entangled in the gearing, and he was drawn between a pair of cog wheels and crushed to death. As Samuel Lyle, a farmer living four miles from Hillsboro, Ohio, was riding along a road near his place last Friday, a spent shot from the gun of a hunter struck him in one eye, injuring it so severely that it Is feared the sight will be destroyed. The accident is the more unlortunate, as his other eye was blind previous to the accident. A farmer named John Wolf, residing in Summit county, committed suicide on Thursday evening of last week, by drowning him self in a reservoir. About dark he placed his pocket-book, containing a considerable um of money, upou the seat of the porch in iront or his house, together with a note say- ng, "jonn woir lies in the reservoir." His absence being noticed, search was immedi ately made, and his body was found in the feeder of the reservoir, about a mile distant from his house. When discovered his body was in nearly an upright position, with the upper portion of the head still above the sur face, though life was extinct. An extensive fire occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, in the town of McKees-port, 12 miles above Pittsburg, Pa., on the Monongahela, resulting In the total destruction of the Hiawatha House, owned by Wm. McMullen, and the dry goods and trimmings establishment of Mrs. Tassev. The hotel was the largest in the town. The greater part of the furniture was removed, but in a damaged condition. A portion of the build ing was occupied by Dr. Hill as a drug store, and F. H. Coursing & Co. as a banking house. They succeeded in saving nearly all the movable articles. The money aud papers of the bank are in the safe, and are supposed to De an rignt. .loss on hotel building about $25,000, with no insurance. Mrs. Tassey's store and contents were entirely cousumed. The loss is estimated at $3,000. We couat not learn whether she had any Insurance, as she was itbscnt from home. Twenty-eight thousand two hundred and forty-nine barrels of beer and ale were manufactured In Indianapolis cltv. last vear. Thirty-four thousand two hundred and ten gallons ot whisky were manufactured In this Keveuuc District last mouth. A severe snow storm visited Manllcld and vicinity, Wednesday uiglit and Thursday morning. The weather Is now quite cold. Pleasant and Agreeable. It has long been a desire to have a tonic for invalids which is both pleasant and agreeable to the taste, which we have lu tho "Standard Wlue Bitters" of Mr. Alfred Speer. 1 heir effect upou the system is mildly stimulating, diuretic, sudorific aud tonic; beneficial In affections of the Kidneys, Chronic diseases, with general debility of the consti tution. Sold by druggists. pittsbueToTlYabket. Prrrsiiuiia, Feb. o. The oil market is excited, and prices aro advancing. Crude, ou tlie spot, 18c; refined, Philadelphia delivery lor February, 87c. The New York market Is quiet but firm; crude, 22c ; refined, !)7).,'c. Tho Philadelphia market is firm, and prices are higher; refined, i!7c; crude 22jc. The Oil City market is excited and higher. On the creek $6 80 per bbl bid and refused, and is now held firmly at $7 00. Antwerp Is quoted this afternoon at 5j francs.